Daviess County, Missouri

60 topographic sheets cover 20 settlements here, and 3 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

“The only murder to record in this township was that of James Marrifield, who was stabbed by a dirk-knife in the hand of Augustus Killough, from which he died the ninth day after the eutting. The affair happened at the house of Joseph Landers, where a neighborly dance was going on. There had been some ill-feeling between the young men.”
Murder - The History Of Daviess County, Missouri (Birdsall & Dean, 1882) (1882). Machine-read text.

3 National Register listings published here · the county-history sources tell 7 stories and name 193 people · people the book names include Biographical Sketches J. W. Alexander (Union Township, 1882) · George Yp, Allen (Grand River Township, 1882) (machine-read).

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service

Missouri within the United States

Daviess County within Missouri

What the record shows

264 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
3 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 3 buildings.
The Geographic Names Information System records 20 populated places in this county; 20 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
1 public-domain county history, 1882, supplies 160,625 words of narrative reproduced here.

What happened here

7 accounts

Among them: John Oxford; Henry W. Githens; Murder Of Joun W, Sheets. These passages come from the identified county-history source books. Each inset names its own source and opens the exact section it comes from.

From The History Of Daviess County, Missouri (Birdsall & Dean, 1882), published 1882 - Jackson Township

John Oxford

The subject of this sketch was born in Clay county, Kentucky, April 9, 1833. His parents are Jonathan and Elizabeth Spurlock Oxford, the former a native of North Carolina, and the latter of Kentucky. Tis father was one of the first settlers of Daviess county, and was taken out and shot during the war, April 4, 1863; his mother still resides upon the farm where they first settled upon their arrival in this connty.

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From The History Of Daviess County, Missouri (Birdsall & Dean, 1882), published 1882 - Salem Township

Henry W. Githens

Was born in Decatur county, Indiana, in 1823, and is the son of Samuel and Jane Githens. His father was one of the pioneers of Indiana. Mr. Githens received a limited education in the schools of his native county. He moved to Daviess county, Missouri, in 1844, where he resided eight months, when he was attacked with the "Grand River Ague," which so discouraged him that he left Missouri in disgust, returning to Indiana, where he remained five years, when he again moved to Missouri, and has lived here most of the time sinee, and owns a fine farm of 160 acres.

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From The History Of Daviess County, Missouri (Birdsall & Dean, 1882), published 1882 - Union Township

Murder Of Joun W, Sheets

One of the most dread events in the history of Gallatin, and Daviess county, was the cold blooded murder of John W. Sheets, cashier of the Daviess County Saving Association. The killing occurred December 7, 1869, and sent a thrill of horror through the hearts of the people. Mr. Sheets was one of the old settlers of the county, stood high as an honorable man and citizen, and had, in numerous instances, served the people faithfully and well in an official capacity.

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From The History Of Daviess County, Missouri (Birdsall & Dean, 1882), published 1882 - Union Township

The Reward

Whe were the persons who did this deed and robbed the bank was the allabsorbing question of the hour, Lhe boldness of the deed, and the eseape showed a muster hand, for not a trace of the murderers could be tuund, The country was scoured in every direction. hut atter having met and taken « horse from Daniel Smoot, and the return of the minister whe had been compelled to guide them: to a certain point, the highwayinen's movements have been a blank as regards their point of destination.

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From The History Of Daviess County, Missouri (Birdsall & Dean, 1882), published 1882 - Union Township

Frank And Jesse

The sheriff of Clay county undertook their capture, but notwithstanding they were funnd at home the attempt wasa failure. The boys handled their pistols in a manner so astonishing that, although surprised, they eseaped. They denied, in toto, the ebarge of the robhery and murder at Gallatin and claimed they were not within ninety miles of the town at the time and brought proof that the mare found and which had belonged to Jesse James had been sold, some few d avs before, The rew ard and the attempt to capture him bronght the tollowing letter from Jesse James to Governor McClure: -

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From The History Of Daviess County, Missouri (Birdsall & Dean, 1882), published 1882 - Colfax Township

Samuel &8Tecker

Was born near Easton, Northampton county, Pennsylvania, August 1s, 1841. His parents are John and Sarah Stecker, who were born and reared in the same county. Te lived with them until he was twenty, and was educated in the public schools of his native county. On leaving home in 1860, he went to Illinois and worked as a hand on a farm near Freeport for one year, and then went to Three Rivers, Michigan, where he worked until 1862, when he enlisted in Company D, Twenty-fifth Michigan Volunteer Infantry to serve for three years, but being wounded at the battle of Tibb's- Bend, Kentucky, July 4, 1863, he was sent to the United States Hospital No.

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From The History Of Daviess County, Missouri (Birdsall & Dean, 1882), published 1882 - Washington Township

Murder

The only murder to record in this township was that of James Marrifield, who was stabbed by a dirk-knife in the hand of Augustus Killough, from which he died the ninth day after the eutting. The affair happened at the house of Joseph Landers, where a neighborly dance was going on. There had been some ill-feeling between the young men.

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Places on the National Register

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Daviess County Courthouse	building	1980	80002350
Daviess County Rotary Jail and Sheriff's Residence	building	1990	90000131
A. Ray Taylor House	building	1982	82003135

Wildfire, 1997 to 2020

38 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 38 of them, burning about 709 acres. None started naturally and 1 was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Debris and open burning	25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Arson/incendiarism	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Smoking	1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
6 April 2002	Debris and open burning	220 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
21 March 1997	Debris and open burning	100 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
23 March 2002	Debris and open burning	70 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
6 April 2002	Debris and open burning	60 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
16 March 2002	Debris and open burning	40 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
20 March 1997	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
17 February 2002	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named
4 April 2002	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Missouri Department of Conservation	not named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1958 to 2026

60 of 354 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 354 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 7 injuries and about $4,352,280 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Hail	150
Thunderstorm Wind	137
Flash Flood	25
Tornado	21
Flood	18
Funnel Cloud	2
Lightning	1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Winston	2 hurt, $7,000	A gas station awning was blown down. Two injuries were reported in a car underneath the fallen awning. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph.
June 1984	Tornado (F2)	not stated	1 hurt, $2,500,000	no account filed
June 2009	Hail	Altamont	1 hurt, $500,000	Grapefruit sized hail lasted 10 minutes, on the west shore of Lake Viking. One injury was reported from broken glass. Most homes suffered damage to roofs, windows, siding, and automobiles.
May 1978	Tornado	not stated	1 hurt, $250,000	no account filed
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Winston	1 hurt, $750	A tractor trailer was blown off of Interstate 35, near exit 61. The driver suffered minor injuries. Numerous trees were blown down, and blocked portions of Highway 69 near Winston. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to 70 mph.
April 2026	Hail	Coffey	1 hurt	Quarter sized hail report north of Coffey on Route 13, resulting in an vehicular accident injuring one person.
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamesport	$500,000	A squall line, with wind gusts over 70 mph, caused widespread damage from the north side of Cameron to south of Jamesport. The wind destroyed a number of barns, downed trees and power lines, and heavily damaged several hotel/restaurant marquee signs. Hail up to one inch in diameter was also reported in the northern part of Kansas City.
June 1984	Tornado (F2)	not stated	$250,000	no account filed
March 2006	Hail	Gallatin	$50,000	no account filed
April 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Gallatin	$45,000	A chimney was reported collapsed and several roofs were blown off buildings.
April 1967	Tornado (F2)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
April 1966	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
April 1965	Tornado (F2)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
July 1958	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
October 2021	Tornado (EF0)	Pattonsburg	$20,000	A weak and brief tornado formed in Daviess County that destroyed an outbuilding at a residential farm in a rural area. NWS survey also indicated a grain bin caved in at the property.
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Coffey	$10,000	There was a report of a carport and a lean-to blown over in Coffey, Missouri.
June 2017	Flood	Coffey	$10,000	A vehicle ran off the roadway along HWY B when it encountered flooded roadway. He crashed the vehicle, but was rescued without injury.
February 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Alta Vista	$10,000	Two mobile homes were blown over, along with power lines down. Two people were trapped for awhile, but were uninjured.
April 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Gallatin	$10,000	A barn was blown down along Business Highway 6. A two foot diameter tree was also uprooted.
June 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Gallatin	$10,000	Powerlines were reported down and an elementary school was damaged.
June 2009	Hail	Altamont	$10,000	no account filed
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamesport	$9,000	Severe thunderstorms moved through the area with hail and damaging winds. A telephone pole was downed east of Gallatin, and several trees and power lines were downed in and around the Jamesport area. A tree was blown down onto a porch.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Pattonsburg Arpt	$8,000	Numerous trees and power lines were reported down, along with several outbuildings, near Cord Avenue and 69 Highway. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Winston	$6,000	A roof was reported blown off a house. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph.
November 2006	Lightning	Winston	$5,000	Lightning struck a school in Winston. The lightning hit at the computer lab. There was extensive damage to 7 computers, and the intercom system became inoperable as well. Damage was observed in the roof where the lightning struck. There were no students or teachers in the lab when the lightning hit.
May 2004	Hail	Jamesport	$5,000	Also 2 inch diameter tree branches down.
July 2002	Tornado (F0)	Jamesport	$5,000	Brief tornado touchdown. Minor damage to a barn and farmstead.
September 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Gallatin	$5,000	Severe thunderstorms produced golfball-size hail and downed trees.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Coffey	$3,000	Power poles were reported snapped off. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph.
April 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Gallatin	$3,000	Boats were reported to be blown over at Lake Viking.
July 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamesport	$3,000	Power line reported down.
September 1964	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
September 1964	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Winston	$2,000	Damage was reported to a roof. A 40 foot tall radio tower was blown over. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Pattonsburg	$2,000	Power poles reported down along Highway 69.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Pattonsburg	$1,000	A trailer was blown off its foundation and several trees were reported down as well. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph.
April 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Altamont	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds estimated up to 60 mph, blew a vehicle off of I-35.
April 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamesport	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds were estimated up to 80 mph. Sheds were reported overturned.
April 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Mabel	$1,000	Powerlines were reported down.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Pattonsburg	$1,000	Tree blown into trailer.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Pattonsburg	$1,000	Power lines reported down.
June 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Gallatin	$1,000	Severe thunderstorms moved through the area with hail and damaging winds. A telephone pole was downed east of Gallatin, and several trees and power lines were downed in and around the Jamesport area. A tree was blown down onto a porch.
July 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Alta Vista	$1,000	Severe thunderstorm winds knocked down large tree limbs.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Civil Bend	$250	A second story window was blown out of a house. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Gallatin	$250	Large maple tree was blown down on a house.
April 1967	Tornado (F0)	not stated	$30	no account filed
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Coffey	-	Estimated 60 mph wind gusts in Coffey.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Jamesport	-	Roof blown off old agriculture building.
May 2024	Hail	Jamesport	-	Report of golf ball sized hail in Jamesport.
March 2023	Hail	Alta Vista	-	A supercell produced 1 hail in western Daviess County.
March 2023	Hail	Bancroft	-	A supercell produced 1 hail in northeastern Daviess County.
May 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Bancroft	-	Wind gust of 60-70 mph were reported.
June 2023	Hail	Pattonsburg	-	Golf ball sized hail was reported in Old Pattonsburg.
June 2023	Hail	Pattonsburg Arpt	-	Quarter sized hail was reported in Pattonsburg.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Altamont	-	Estimated 60 mph winds north of Altamont on the south side of Lake Viking.
May 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Bancroft	-	Straight line winds of 60 to 70 mph were estimated south of Gilman City in association with the rear flank downdraft of a supercell thunderstorm.
May 2023	Hail	Pattonsburg	-	Baseball sized hail was reported in Pattonsburg.
May 2023	Hail	Coffey	-	Softball sized hail was reported about 3 miles south southwest of Coffey.
May 2023	Hail	Coffey	-	Softball sized hail was reported about 3 miles south of Coffey along Missouri Route 13.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Pattonsburg	-	Estimated 60 mph winds in Pattonsburg.

Mines and quarries

71 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 71 workings inside this county. 14 still produce and 57 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Stone, Crushed/Broken	56
Sand and Gravel, Construction	14
Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken	1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Site	Commodity	Status
Puterbaugh	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Raid Quarries Plant #1 & #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Raid Quarries Plant #3	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Snyder Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Benton Township Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Benton Twnshp Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Broskin Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Civil Bend Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Civil Bend Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
F & R Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
F+R Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gallatin Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Gallatin Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Gallatin Stone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
George Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
I-35 Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Lock Springs Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Mcdowell Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Pattensburg Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Prichard Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Snyder Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Snyder Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Township Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Township Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Trager Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Prospect
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unk	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Walker Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

The townships, in 1882

160,625 words

The History Of Daviess County, Missouri (Birdsall & Dean, 1882) devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 11 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.

Township	Settlements in it	Length	Sections
Benton Township	Old Pattonsburg	16,800 words	47
Colfax Township	Mabel, Winston	8,078 words	25
Grand River Township	Jameson	18,099 words	47
Jackson Township	Blake, Carlow, Lock Springs	8,979 words	36
Jamesport Township	Jamesport	18,202 words	52
Liberty Township	Altamont	8,934 words	28
Lincoln Township	Bancroft	7,714 words	34
Marion Township	Civil Bend	8,253 words	18
Salem Township	Coffey, Cypress, Pattonsburg, Salem Coffey P O and Station	3,987 words	16
Union Township	Gallatin, Magill, Wabash Crossing	54,761 words	111
Washington Township	Madelaine	6,818 words	27

The county's history books

179,303 words

One book written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 34 chapters in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.

The History Of Daviess County, Missouri (Birdsall & Dean, 1882) (1882)

Chapter	Length
Louisiana Purchase	2,486 words
Chapter 2	2,466 words
Chapter 4: Title and Early Settlements	1,846 words
Chapter 6	2,013 words
Chapter 7: Missouri As a State	530 words
Chapter 8: Civil War in Missouri	2,299 words
Chapter 9: Early Military Record	1,920 words
Chapter 10: Agriculture and Material Wealth	1,667 words
Chapter 11: Education	2,941 words
Chapter 12: Religious Denominations	28,566 words in 2 parts
Chapter 1: The Grand River Valley - the White Man's Advent and Red Man's Enit	4,756 words
Chapter 2: The Trials and Tribulations, Cabins and Comforts, Prairies and Prices of Early Days	6,006 words
Chapter 3: Early Elections and Events, Pioneers and Poetry	6,638 words
Chapter 4	10,409 words
Chapter 5: The War with Mexico and the Rush for California	2,751 words
Chapter 6: The Civil Conflict and Daviess County's Participation Therein - 1861-1865	4,968 words
When Daviess Became a County - Cullings from the Court Records	3,792 words
Chapter 8: The Dawn of Civilization - Debts and Defalcations	3,217 words
Chapter 9: Matters Mentioned from 1840 to 1849, Township and Finances, Circuit and Census	6,918 words
Chapter 10: The Doings of a Decade in Daviess County	3,502 words
Townships and Taxes, Rancor and Robbery	6,717 words
Petition, Title, Property, Taxes, Burglary, and Boundaries	7,583 words
Chapter 14: Courts and Compromises, Rats, Railroads and Revenue	3,912 words
Chapter 15: Circuit Court Cullings, Bridges, Robbery, and De Falcation	7,657 words
Chapter 16: Those Who Served the County, and the Coming of the Iron Steed	4,197 words
Chapter 17: Soil, Climate, Agricultural and Mineral Resources of Daviess County	10,790 words
Chapter 18: Schools and Societies	9,848 words
Chapter 19: Population, Weather, Dead Towns, and First Facts	3,959 words
Chapter with an unread heading (no. 41 of those read)	2,277 words
Biographical sketches (1 of 3 so headed)	8,399 words
Harrison Township	4,937 words
Biographical sketches (2 of 3 so headed)	2,300 words
Chapter with an unread heading (no. 43 of those read)	2,898 words
Biographical sketches (3 of 3 so headed)	4,138 words

The people it describes

193 named

Everyone The History Of Daviess County, Missouri (Birdsall & Dean, 1882) stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1882.

Every populated place in the county

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Alta Vista

64497 · Weatherby quadrangle

15 sheets, 1924 to 1986
Altamont

Liberty township · 64620 · Altamont quadrangle

15 sheets, 1924 to 1986
Bancroft

Lincoln township · 64642 · Bancroft quadrangle

13 sheets, 1925 to 1984
Blake

Jackson township · 64640 · On Cottonwood Creek · Jamesport quadrangle

10 sheets, 1922 to 1984
Carlow

Jackson township · 64640 · On Hurricane Branch · Jamesport quadrangle

10 sheets, 1922 to 1984
Civil Bend

Marion township · 64670 · Altamont quadrangle

15 sheets, 1924 to 1986
Coffey

Salem township · 64636 · Coffey quadrangle

16 sheets, 1925 to 1986
Cypress

Salem township · 64670 · On Hog Creek · Coffey quadrangle

16 sheets, 1925 to 1986
Gallatin

Union township · 64640 · Gallatin quadrangle

10 sheets, 1922 to 1984
Jameson

Grand River township · 64647 · Jameson quadrangle

13 sheets, 1925 to 1984
Jamesport

Jamesport township · 64648 · Jamesport quadrangle

10 sheets, 1922 to 1984
Lock Springs

Jackson township · 64648 · Breckenridge quadrangle

10 sheets, 1922 to 1984
Mabel

Colfax township · 64429 · Winston quadrangle

15 sheets, 1924 to 1986
Madelaine

Washington township · 64642 · Jameson quadrangle

13 sheets, 1925 to 1984

No longer a settlement
Magill

Union township · 64640 · On Big Muddy Creek · Gallatin quadrangle

10 sheets, 1922 to 1984
Old Pattonsburg

Benton township · 64670 · McFall quadrangle

16 sheets, 1925 to 1986
Pattonsburg

Salem township · 64670 · Coffey quadrangle

16 sheets, 1925 to 1986
Salem Coffey P O and Station

Salem township · 64636 · Coffey quadrangle

16 sheets, 1925 to 1986
Wabash Crossing

Union township · 64640 · Gallatin quadrangle

10 sheets, 1922 to 1984
Winston

Colfax township · 64689 · Winston quadrangle

15 sheets, 1924 to 1986

The vanished settlements of Daviess County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.